A man suspected of fatally shooting six child welfare workers at a shelter for mothers in Stade in northern Germany last month died by suicide in jail on Tuesday, officials said.<\/p>\n
The suspect, who has been partially identified in German media as 45-year-old Fatih Khan G., was found dead by jail staff in his single cell early Tuesday, the Lower Saxony state justice ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The ministry said there are “currently no indications of third-party involvement” in the suspect’s death at the jail, and that both his relatives and the relatives of the shooting victims had been informed.<\/p>\n
Four women and two men were killed in the shooting on June 29 at a shelter for mothers and their children in the northern town of Stade.<\/p>\n
The mass shooting is among the worst such crimes in recent German history.<\/p>\n
The suspected gunman had arrived at the centre on June 29 for an appointment to discuss future care arrangements for his three-month-old daughter.<\/p>\n
Authorities said the man suddenly pulled out a firearm and opened fire on child welfare workers, with the local police chief saying the victims were killed “in a brutal manner”.<\/p>\n
A seventh person was wounded but survived. Both the child and her 34-year-old mother were at the centre at the time of the shootings but were unharmed.<\/p>\n
The suspected gunman tried to flee in a car driven by a 65-year-old woman — described by police as having “a close connection to the gunman’s family” — but was captured after a short chase.<\/p>\n
Police officers opened fire on the car but neither the gunman nor the driver were hurt, according to the police chief.<\/p>\n
The magazine Der Spiegel, citing unnamed sources, reported that the man had been previously accused of shaking the three-month-old girl.<\/p>\n
Doctors had reportedly found injuries to the girl consistent with shaking.<\/p>\n
The suspect allegedly then made threats against doctors at the medical centre where the girl had been treated, triggering a police investigation that was later dropped.<\/p>\n
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